Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Police are investigating the connection between Brown’s shooting and the MIT professor’s murder, AP sources say

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Police are investigating the connection between Brown’s shooting and the MIT professor’s murder, AP sources say

PROVIDENCE, RI (AP) — Authorities said Thursday they are looking into a link between last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University and an attack two days later near Boston that killed a professor at another elite school, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. That’s according to three people familiar with the matter who were not authorized … Read more

We finally know why Roman concrete has survived for nearly 2,000 years

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We finally know why Roman concrete has survived for nearly 2,000 years

A construction site dating back almost 2,000 years to the supposed disappearance of Pompeii in AD 79. has revealed new evidence of the secret behind ancient Rome’s ultra-durable concrete. Last year, beneath the volcanic ash that buried Pompeii, archaeologists discovered a completely intact construction site – a rare snapshot of Roman construction work frozen in … Read more